Bottle structure



Apnl 4, 1961 J. GARVEY BOTTLE STRUCTURE Filed Nov. 14, 1958 INVEN'TOR.1150 J. GAEVE Y ATTORNEY.

' United States Patent BOTTLE STRUCTURE Leo Joseph Garvey, 301 W.Pasadena Ave., Phoenix, Ariz. Filed Nov. 14, 1958, Ser. No. 773,932 2Claims. (Cl. 215-1) This invention pertains to improvements in bottlestructures and is particularly directed to an improved arrangement tofacilitate the handling and pouring of a bottle.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide an improved bottlestructure in which the handle functions both to assist in themanipulation and pouring of the bottle and also to provide an airpassageway to eliminate the gurgling and burbling of the bottle as it ispoured.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a bottle structurehaving a handle for manipulating the pouring of the bottle which ishollow to provide an air passageway from the discharge mouth of thebottle to the bottom thereof to allow air to escape freely into thebottle without elfecting the pouring of the contents therefrom.

Further features and advantages of this invention will appear from adetailed description of the drawings in which:

Fig. l is a side elevation of a bottle structure incorporating thefeatures of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear end elevation of the bottle shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

As an example of one embodiment of this invention there is shown abottle having a bottom 11, the upstanding cylindrical side portion 12and the discharge stem 13 having preferably a non-drip pouring lip' 14.

At the rear of the bottle is provided the gripping handle 15 which has ahollow passageway 16 through it which opens at its upper portion in thearea 17a and opens at its lower portion in the area 18 of the contentscontaining chamber formed by the cylindrical side portion 12 and thebottom 11 of the bottle. By means of this novel arrangement, when the'bottle is tipped by gripping the handle 15 to pour the contents from thedischarge stem 13 thereof air flows in the direction indicated by thearrows'17, 18 and 19 into the area 17 at the open upper end of thehandle 15 and then proceeds atented Apr. 4, 1961 as indicated by thearrows 20 through the hollow handle passageway 16 and then out throughthe area 18 as indicated by the arrows 21 so as to relieve thevacuumabove the contents in the bottle and allow it to flow freely outthrough the discharge stem 13 thereof.

There has thus been provided a pouring bottle structure in which themanipulating handle 15 also provides through its hollow passagewaytherein an air passageway to prevent vacuum and burbling of the contentsas it is poured out through the discharge stem of the bottle.

While the apparatus herein disclosed and described constitutes apreferred form of the invention, it is'also to be understood that theapparatus is capable of mechanical alteration without departing from thespirit of the invention and that such mechanical arrangement andcommercial adaptation as fall within the scope of the appendent claimsare intended to be included herein.

Having thus fully set forth and described this invention what is claimedand desired to be obtained by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A totally enclosed bottle structure having a contents containingchamber comprising, a bottom, an upstanding side portion integral withsaid bottom portion,

and a top formed integral with the top of said upstanding side portion,a discharge stem in said top located at the upper end of said sideportion opening through said top at a point below the highest portion ofsaid contents containing chamber, a gripping handle formed integral withsaid side portion at a diametrically opposite position on saidupstanding side portion from said stem having a hollow passageway formedtherein including an upper terminal outlet for said passageway locatedinside the top of said bottle and below said discharge stem and a lowerterminal outlet at the bottom thereof so that trapped. air inside ofsaid top of said chamber may flow through said upper passageway in saidhandle to the bottom of said bottle as the contents is poured from saidstem.

2. In a bottle structure as set forth in claim 1 wherein the pouring lipof said stem is located below the highest portion of said contentscontaining chamber of the top of said bottle.

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